Passion for Truth by Juan R Velez

Passion for Truth by Juan R Velez

John Henry Newman, now officially declared a saint by the Catholic Church, was a talented Anglican clergyman and teacher at Oxford University. After founding the Oxford Movement, he embarked on a long period of study and prayer which eventually led him in 1845 to full communion with the Catholic Church. He is one of the most influential English writers and theologians of modern times.

In Passion for Truth, Fr. Juan R. V lez offers an engaging biography of this profound thinker, holy priest and later Cardinal of the Catholic Church. Newman continues to speak to many of the spiritual and intellectual questions of our times.

Velez, Juan R.: - Fr. Juan R. Velez, a priest of the Prelature of Opus Dei, holds a doctorate in dogmatic theology from the University of Navarre where he completed his doctoral thesis on John Henry Newman. Before ordination to the priesthood he was a physician. Author of a number of academic articles on Cardinal Newman, he co-edited a short anthology of texts titled Take Five, Meditations on John Henry Newman.